Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'elder' occurs 62 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'elder' in the standard works and contain 22.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 20:84-21:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 11 119 130
Gen. 4 2 6
Ex. 0 11 11
Lev. 0 2 2
Num. 0 9 9
Deut. 0 20 20
Josh. 0 8 8
Judg. 0 10 10
Ruth 0 4 4
1 Sam. 1 6 7
2 Sam. 0 6 6
1 Kgs. 1 6 7
2 Kgs. 0 6 6
1 Chr. 0 3 3
2 Chr. 0 3 3
Ezra 0 7 7
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 0 1 1
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 0 1 1
Jer. 0 2 2
Lam. 0 5 5
Ezek. 3 4 7
Joel 0 2 2
NT 9 60 69
BM 9 9 18
DC 32 86 118
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 62 274 336

Gen. 10:21
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Gen. 25:23
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Gen. 27:42
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

Gen. 29:16
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

1 Sam. 18:17
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

1 Kgs. 2:22
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

Job 15:10
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

Job 32:4
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

Ezek. 16:46
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

Ezek. 16:61
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Ezek. 23:4
And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.